Ad hoc: Port of Hamburg Beteiligungsgesellschaft SE submits request to squeeze out minority shareholders of HHLA

Port of Hamburg Beteiligungsgesellschaft SE (PoH) has notified the Executive Board of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) (ISIN: DE000A0S8488) today that it intends to transfer the A shares of HHLA's minority shareholders to PoH in exchange for an appropriate cash compensation (known as a squeeze-out). PoH, whose shares are held by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and the MSC Group, holds more than 95 percent of HHLA shares, making it the main shareholder within the meaning of Section 327a of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG).